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For those of you that want to know when someone is composing an iMessage to you, but donít want to stare at the Messages application waiting to be alerted that they are replying to you, you may want to take a look at a new free jailbreak tweak called TypeStatus by iOS developer thekirbylover.

TypeStatus displays an icon on your Status Bar when someone begins composing an iMessage to you. The icon looks like a chat bubble with an ellipsis inside of it. As long as the typist is composing their message, the icon will show up in the Status Bar, but as soon as they stop typing, or send the message, the icon will stop appearing.

The icon appears in the Status Bar no matter where you are. It works on the home screen, lock screen, even from other applications that aren't the Messages application.

TypeStatus doesnít come with any options to configure, as it is pretty much a single-purpose tweak that will work on its own when it needs to. Uninstalling it is the only way to disable the tweak if you decide you want to stop using it.

TypeStatus works on all iMessage-capable devices running iOS 5 or later. You can grab the tweak at no cost from the BigBoss repository in Cydia right now.

This is clashing with my device. When I installed it, it took away everything on my status bar and replaced it with the chat bubble. It also wouldn't show the name of the person. When I switched to landscape mode when in the message, the status bar stayed in portrait mode.

the update messed up my imessage. I was unable to send pictures using i message due to this. Any fix. I love this tweak.

This is great tweak but it breaks sending iMessage pictures. They say delivered, but don't deliver. I've narrowed this down to typestatus as being the issue. This must be done to replicate the issue. First let me me say that sending pictures through iMessage works fine until after installing this tweak..

1) Install typestatus. Send a few texts. iMessage pics say they are delivered and people get them UNTIL you do a power cycle. Not just a reboot. A power cycle by holding down home button at bottom and too button on iPhone. After I do this, iMessage with pictures say delivered but recipient does not get it....

2) uninstall typestatus. Do respring. iMessages still don't send, but full power cycle fixed issue and iMessages send fine.

I've tested this 5-6 times. And the only way iMessage seems to see that typestatus is fully installed is by doing the full power cycle.

I love your app but if I install it and then need to power cycle, upon reboot iMessage no longer works. I've read about this issue on some forums as well but I did more testing to find this out with the power cycles. Can you fix???